Second ‘Christmas with the Stars’ show a success |20 December 2014

A huge crowd gathered on the grounds of St Mary’s Catholic Church on La Digue for this year’s Christmas with the Stars festive season show.

Backed by popular demand, the Christmas with the Stars is staged by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture in collaboration with St Mary’s Church committee.

The show succeeded in bringing together a good fusion of professional, amateur and young talents who have the potential to grow and eventually become the island’s next generations of shooting stars.

The concert opened with the Children’s Choir from the St Mary’s Church who captivated their audience with Christmas songs. Their sweet voices echoed across the grounds of St Mary’s Church and brought the magic of Christmas to La Digue Island.

The Children’s Choir paved the way for the St Mary’s Adult Choir, National Choir, Culture Department Choir and the much awaited Danielle Denis and Christina Alexis (the ‘Sesel I Annan Talan’ singing stars). The people of La Digue who watched the performance were amazed, especially with the voice of Danielle Denis. Seychelles still remembers Danielle who won big in the Seychelles talent show ‘Sesel I Annan Talan’ in 2012 and outsmarted the finalists with her interpretation of a Andrea Bocelli song. She brought the same magic at the St Mary’s Church as she did in 2012, when she gave her first performance to the people of Seychelles.

Marcel Rosalie, director general for Culture, who worked closely with St Mary’s Church committee in staging the Christmas with the Stars show, said the turnout was promising.

Benjamine Rose, the principal secretary for Culture who worked with Father Francis of the St Mary's Church said she was happy with having brought this family event to La Digue.

“We planned the event because we wanted to bring something new to La Digue during the festive season. We will continue to work with the local community leaders in order to deliver for the population. Next year we would like to do the same for Praslin,” said PS Rose as she thanked Jimmy Savy, the chief executive of the National Arts Council (Nac) for managing the event on La Digue.
Accompanying the article is a photo montage of the event.